Some of us might like the process of setting up a new device from scratch. Know I will enjoy getting used to the keyboard my manually typing in all my contacts
I hear you on that, however the keyboard will basically be the same. The TOUCHSCREEN factor w/the keyboard, on the other hand...I understand where you're coming from. Good point!
I always just copy over my contacts and calendar, apps/themes get installed freshly and with it being os7 i have a feeling it will take a while for those to come through
FRESH! Between my hundreds of duplicate calendar entries, and around 30 duplicate contacts, only going to transfer certain contacts and bbm list. Everything else will be brand new.
You should be able to transfer data (email, contacts, calendar, tasks, notes, etc.). For the most part they are transferable from OS to OS -- RIM is usually pretty good at that kind of compatibility, at least within its own app data. Apps are a different story; how many and which apps can be ported will depend on just how much has changed in OS7 from its predecessors.
Thank you my friend. That will solve my problem. I don't want to transfer / backup my apps but I would be happy if I could transfer my main data as you mentioned.
The only thing I'm gonna restore is my password keeper ( I've been building that database forever) got all my stuff in there. as far as everything else goes-- most of it probably won't even be compatible. We're just gonna have a bunch of guys here whining about "uncaught exceptions" and "fatal errors" and bla bla. So guys, save us all the headaches and start fresh. lol :-)
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Good question, I normally start from scratch. New phone, new everything else. My upgrade is in July, but since I purchased the 32gb playbook the touch screen isn't a priorty anymore. However the processor speed is and I think I'm going to wait until sometime in Dec to upgrade
Fresh start here. It gave me the opportunity with the last one to really dig deep and learn a lot. Besides I too am concerned with compatibility issues.
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Except for contacts and moving over my SD card unless I get a bigger capacity card everything will be new since there will not be that many apps that I am using now that will be compatible with OS 7.
Other than transferring my contacts and SD card, I would start out fresh as well. I can't wait! Been years since a new phone that I will have for myself .
Complete device transfer for me. RIM knows what's involved and I have always found it painless. Have some apps (on the Torch for example) that don't work on the 9700.
So they don't work and get deleted. So what? But everything else, my emails, contacts, autotext (good point that man!), BBM contacts and chats, remaining apps all transfer seamlessly and your new device is instantly like your old friend.
I am copying all of my audio and video files to the cloud (Amazon) right now.....then I will move my pictures to that as well once I parse out the ones I do not need....or possibly keep them on the cloud and save file space on the phone. Apps will come from my previous Blackberry (Torch) if they will work. So clean slate, cloud-based...easy living. I will use DM but not for music/video. That's all cloud-based storage. Keeping it clean and in ONE place.